When my mother was in college, 30 years ago now, her lecturers predicted that the average working week would soon be reduced to just 15 hours as technological advancement took away the need for human labour. While the technological advances …
Peter O’Donovan
The impact of working a part-time job in college
Peter O’Donovan explains how working a part-time job and better academic performance can go hand in hand
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“The importance of financial affairs to college students was starkly demonstrated in a report by the Higher Education Authority published in 2001, which showed that over 40% of students in Irish Institutes of Technology who were surveyed ended up dropping
Who will be the next American president?
InDepth Editor Peter O’Donovan examines polling data in the lead up to the US presidential election to analyse which candidate is most likely to win the seat in the Oval Office
“Between Trump and Clinton, Clinton has consistently held a narrow lead, although in the most recent polls it has widened to an 11 point lead on average.”
After a year of bruising primary contests and dramatic revelations about the candidates …
Why the war on drugs has failed
The harms associated with so-called soft drugs are possible to avoid through careful use.
A recent survey by the Observer magazine found that a staggering 84% of Britons view the “War on drugs”, the now decades long campaign by law enforcement worldwide to reduce sale and use of illegal narcotics, as unwinnable and that …